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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Whether
the
present
Fox-terrier
is
as
good,
both
on
the
score
of
utility
and
appearance,
as
his
predecessors
is
a
question
which
has
many
times
been
asked,
and
as
many
times
decided
in
the
negative
as
well
as
in
the
affirmative.
It
would
be
idle
to
pretend
that
a
great
many
of
the
dogs
now
seen
on
the
show
bench
are
fitted
to
do
the
work
Nature
intended
them
for,
as
irrespective
of
their
make
and
shape
they
are
so
oversized
as
to
preclude
the
possibility
of
going
to
ground
in
any
average
sized
earth.
This
question
of
size
is
one
that
must
sooner
or
later
be
tackled
in
some
practical
way
by
the
Fox-terrier
Club,
unless
we
are
to
see
a
race
of
giants
in
the
next
few
generations.
Their
own
standard
gives
20
lb.--a
very
liberal
maximum;
but
there
are
dogs
several
pounds
heavier
constantly
winning
prizes
at
shows,
and
consequently
being
bred
from,
with
the
result
which
we
see.
There
are
many
little
dogs,
and
good
ones,
to
be
seen,
but
as
long
as
the
judges
favour
the
big
ones
these
hold
no
chance,
and
as
it
is
far
easier
to
produce
a
good
big
one
than
a
good
little
one,
breeders
are
encouraged
to
use
sires
who
would
not
be
looked
at
if
a
hard-and-fast
line
were
drawn
over
which
no
dogs
should
win
a
prize.
There
are
hundreds
of
Fox-terriers
about
quite
as
capable
of
doing
their
work
as
their
ancestors
ever
were,
and
there
is
hardly
a
large
kennel
which
has
not
from
time
to
time
furnished
our
leading
packs
with
one
or
more
dogs,
and
with
gratifying
results.
It
is,
therefore,
a
great
pity
that
our
leading
exhibitors
should
often
be
the
greatest
delinquents
in
showing
dogs
which
they
know
in
their
hearts
should
be
kept
at
home
or
drafted
altogether,
and
it
is
deplorable
that
some
of
our
oldest
judges
should
by
their
awards
encourage
them.
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